Chapter 3, How do Plants and Animals Respond to Seasons?

A maple tree is ________________ because it sheds its leaves in the fall. 

• deciduous
• evergreen
• season
• hibernating

A(n) _____________ is a time of year with certain patterns of weather.

• day
• migrate
• evergreen
• season

Many geese ___________________ to warm places in the fall.

• burrow
• migrate
• eat
• hiberate

A pine tree is a(n) ______________ because it keeps its leaves during the year.

• deciduous
• evergreen
• cone
• season

A chipmunk will _________, or sleep deeply, during the winter.

• migrate
• travel
• hibernate
• eat more

How is a deciduous tree different from an evergreen in the fall?

• A deciduous tree sheds its leaves
• A deciduous tree's leaves stay green
• A deciduous tree's leaves turn into needles
• A deciduous tree protects its leaves with a wax layer.

Why do some animals shed their fur when the seasons change?

• to stay cool in the warmer seasons
• to stay warm in the cooler seasons
• to grow a thick layer of body fat instead
• to be able to run from other animals faster

Plants like the cornflower make seeds. What happens to such plants during the year?

• Old Plants die in the fall and new plants grow in the spring.
• They store food in bulbs underground during the winter.
• Their stems become woody to protect them from the cold.
• The plants leaves change color and dry out in the fall.

Sarah noticed caterpillars eating the leaves on an orange tree. She wanted to find out if they would eat other kinds of leaves. She collected leaves from the orange tree and some from a cherry tree and put them in a box. She moved 5 caterpillars to the cherry leaves and recorded the results. Which of these could be Sarah's results?

• She thought most of the caterpillars would return to the orange tree leaves.
• All the caterpillars crawled back to the orange tree leaves.
• She observed the caterpillars on both types of leaves for three days.
• The orange tree leaves are healthier for caterpillars.

Migration and hibernation are two ways animals respond to seasons.

• True
• False